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was bleeding inwardly/' since about three ounces of dark 

 coagulum were found within the rectum afterwards^ and re- 

 moved. " As the mare rose (upon her legs) each section 

 of the tumour dropped off/' Mr. Collins dressed the places 

 of separation with lunar caustic. Ten days after the opera- 

 tion the mare was discharged — no traces remaining of the 

 disease — and went to her duty " cured.'' 



These cases present some similarities. The subjects were 

 both 77iares ; the tumours appear to have been of the same 

 nature^ one being only of larger size somewhat than the 

 other, and having around it a crop of smaller swellings; 

 while its contents, in both cases, were blood; and both 

 tumours made their appearance outside the anus. But, 

 after all, the question is, were they, pathologically examined, 

 true hcemorrhoids, or piles such as we meet with under that 

 name in human surgery? 



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